Artefacts

PyeongChang 2018, skeleton race suit of Akwasi FRIMPONG (GHA).

Physical description

Hooded suit with long sleeves and zipper on the front. Ghana color suit with the flag star on the chest. Emblem of the Ghana NOC on the left shoulder. Caption: "GHANA" at the back and at the bottom of the legs. Signed by the athlete on the chest. Size L.

Created

Created: Fila Created: Qwixskinz

Used

Used: Akwasi FRIMPONG

Materials

polyester, textile

Colors

red, orange, green

Dimension

153 x 36 cm, 339 g

Literature

O'GRADY, Siobhan. "Ghana's Skeleton Hero. Akwasi Frimpong’s improbable journey to Olympic sledding—from a country without ice.". In: The Atlantic, 16 February 2018, https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/02/ghana-pyeongchang-akwasi-frimpong/553466/

Type of item

Sport equipment -> suit

Reference number

235696

Keywords

national flag PyeongChang 2018, Olympic Winter Games Ghana Male Skeleton/individual[M]signed Olympic emblem olympic values

Notes

PyeongChang 2018 – skeleton suit belonging to Akwasi FRIMPONG (GHA). Akwasi Frimpong began his sports career as a sprinter. The documentary film “The Rabbit Theory”, by Dutch film-makers Rinske Bosch and Nicole Batteke, told his story. He then turned to bobsleigh and finally skeleton. Athlete donation